Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-06-14
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JOSEPH COOK.

A Vigorous Orator Upon Vigorous
subject-the Various Evils of the
Day.
Oberlin (ohio) Exponent: The leo.
ture of Joseph Cook last Friday evening,
under the auspices of the college z. M.
o. A., was q capital success There was
o large and appreciative audience.
The key note of his remarks on Henry
George, was the golden rule and the
iron rule" Not money but men, is the
important thing. The golden rule will
bring gold, uut.2 the iron rule should be
enforced also. 1t is about time to stop
fooling with fools, among whom Henry
George is one of the most mischievous.
a man is entitled to the fruit of his toll.
u he earns q home or farm, it belongs
to him, and Henry Georges theory put
into practice would amount to nothing
less than wholesale robbery. His whole
theory can pe whipped into shreds by
the ten commandments and the mul-
tlplication table. What We need TO
prevent the rich from growing richer
and the poor poorer, is an 'tAnti-Shift-
lessnessp society. Labor should be COM
pensated. as rule mans labor is worth
twice his keep. Women should receive
the same wages as men for the same
work. Wages may be divided into three
classes; family wages, bachelor wages,
and starvation wages, On the whole is
is better to leave labor to legitimate
competition, MAY the better man win.
Co-opefatiye labor. might do for the
millennium, but at present sconndreis
a q krf, rnY1r kr oh r..
ture.
The lecture consisted OF COMPARISONS
and contrasts between England and the
United States. There is plenty of room
for both. The entire human family
could be comfortably seated in field
sixteen miles square. OF this number
the Anglo. Saxon race. comprise about
one-ffth. England and America have
been competitors in the worlds progress.
To-day we can send man or O message
around the world in ninety days. Glad
stone makes speech in the English
parliament, and full report is publish.
| ed in Chicago three hours before it is
delivered.
There is less desert on this continent
than on the eastern. This was account.
ed for by the surface of the country, the
L
and the fact that their are more forests
| in this country. The United States are
passing England of canter, 10000, GOO
of people will double In 80 years, This
rarid increase brings Its perils OF ienor-
ance, anarchism, and the whisky syndi.
Gates. Il christianity trIumps it will
| rule the world, il infidelity, it will rule.
May the better man win," but the bet
ter man Is the ono nearest God. A
theocracy is the only thing that can
| save our country.
If it is 8 matter Of dignity to be an
lEnglishman, it IS something to be an
| Amtrican. He would rather be 9ar
American under popular government
than Roman under Caesar, or an
Englishman under Victoria. England
must be confederated or go to pieces
1 There has been great change in this
i respect. The emphasis used to be
/ King! Lords! Commons! (in wI,isperl
Now ii is: King Lords, 70, Lord how
long shall we exist p Commons! whether
You will or no. The solution of tht
irish question is two IreIands, each tc
be represented in Parliament.
Universal suffrage has it's perils
Eminent men have prophesied it wouli
end in disaster, The voters of the
nation may be divided into three classes
the allterate, the educated or leading
classes, subdivided into republicans ant
demo ,rats, and the whisky syndicatee
When it comes to o close election tn
liquor oligarchy has the republican
party by the beard and the democratic
party by the throat. Like the slay,
oligarchy, it will grow bold until
seizes the nation by the throat, when th
nation will take il by the throat an,
break its neck.
The republican and democratic partie
can't be preserved in whiskeY. Th
difference between those two parties
illustrated by the story Of two boy
studying ths catechisrn. One asked tn
other; how far be had gone, to which b
replied; "I,m right in the middle OF ori
ginal sin; how far are you.D 20, III
8 past redemption" The saloon. the gan
/ bling den, and the brothel, are trinit
ef evil, you can't license one withoI
licensing the others, (applanNe). Can
be that hear hiss In Charles Finney